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Blackfriargate
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Blackfriargate | Gate S.S. Co. Ltd. | |
| 1918 | Orfordness | English S.S. Co. Ltd. |
Fate
The steamship Orfordness was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-60, off Newquay on July 20th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Rouen to Barry in ballast.
Two crew were lost including West Hartlepool-born Norman Mingo Marston and Thomas Stanfold William Fisher of Hull.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
